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| Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904) | 6 |
| Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716) | 5 |
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Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies : giving an account of the state of those countries : as also, a full relation of the five years wars between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life-time, about the succession : and a voyage made by the Great Mogul, Aureng-Zebe, with his army from Delhi to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols call'd the paradise of the Indies : together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manner and trade : to which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's seraglio, and also, of all the kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas (v.1-2)
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689); Phillips, John (1631-1706); Everard, Edmund
1684-88
Each section of the work has seperate pagination. Part titles and title of volume 2, dated 1684.
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies : giving an account of the state of those countries : as also, a full relation of the five years wars between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life-time, about the succession : and a voyage made by the Great Mogul, Aureng-Zebe, with his army from Delhi to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols call'd the paradise of the Indies : together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manner and trade : to which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's seraglio, and also, of all the kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas (v.2)
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689); Phillips, John (1631-1706); Everard, Edmund
1684-88
Each section of the work has seperate pagination. Part titles and title of volume 2, dated 1684.
Memorials of the empire of Japon : in the XVI and XVII centuries
Rundall, Thomas; Adams, William (1564-1620)
1850
Contents: A description of the empire in the 16th century. From... Harleian mss. 6249 -- Letters of William Adams,1611 to 1617 -- Notes -- Summary of a narrative by His Excellancy Don Rodrigo de Viver...
Great Britain and Japan, 1911-15 : a study of British Far Eastern policy
Lowe, Peter (1941-2012)
1969
Based on author's thesis, University of Wales.
Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon (v.1)
Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Scheuchzer, John Gaspar (1702-1729); Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Delboe, Simon; Gibben, Hamond; Ramsden, William; Naudé, Fran̨cois; Néaulme, Jean (1694-1780); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745)
1729
The "Appendice ou supplement de L'Histoire du Japon" (v. 2, p. [1]-73 (3rd group)) is a translation of 6 sections from the author's Amoenitates exoticae (Lemgo, 1712) relating to Japanese matters, inc...
Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon (v.2)
Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Scheuchzer, John Gaspar (1702-1729); Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716); Delboe, Simon; Gibben, Hamond; Ramsden, William; Naudé, Fran̨cois; Néaulme, Jean (1694-1780); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745)
1729
The "Appendice ou supplement de L'Histoire du Japon" (v. 2, p. [1]-73 (3rd group)) is a translation of 6 sections from the author's Amoenitates exoticae (Lemgo, 1712) relating to Japanese matters, inc...
Lafcadio Hearn in Japan
Noguchi, Yoné (1875-1947); Koizumi, Setsu (1868-1932); Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904)
1910
Preface -- A Japanese appreciation of Lafcadio Hearn -- A Japanese defence of Lafcadio Hearn -- Mrs. Lafcadio Hearn's reminiscences -- Lafcadio Hearn at Yaidzu -- Mr. Otani as Hearn's literary assista...
stencil
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This is one of a set of four stencils (ITC 2012.115.1-4) all of which add different detail to create a complex, possibly multicoloured, design. The design on the stencils includes dragons amongst clo...
stencil
early 19th-mid 20th Century
A katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, possibly depicts plum blossom and stylised pine bark motifs (matsukawa bishi). Pine is symbollic of longevity and plum of renewal. Both plants ar...